Published date: 3 September 2021

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 24 September 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 32000000

  • Postal and telecommunications services - 64000000

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

Any region

Procurement reference

tender_284524/993460

Published date

3 September 2021

Closing date

24 September 2021

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is interested to understand the 'Markets' perspective on our requirement for a NAVTEX Managed Service and is taking the opportunity to request supplier feedback in the form of a Market Engagement.

Suppliers are invited to respond to the MCA's questionnaire by registering on the Department for Transport's (DfT) Jaggaer portal and navigating to "pqq_100 - Market Engagement - NAVTEX (NAVigational TELeX) Managed Services"

The MCA has 3 requirements: NAVTEX, DSC (Digital Selective Calling) and NAVTEX Cloud. Further details are provided below.

Navtex:
1.2.1 The provision of NAVTEX software to continue MCAs commitment for the transmission of all NAVTEX Data.
1.2.2 A fully managed service with 99.999% availability 24x7x365.
1.2.3 A maintenance provision for the repair and replacement of NAVTEX modems.

DSC:
2.2.1 For the provision of DSC hardware and software to continue the MCAs commitment for the monitoring of all DSC transmissions.
2.2.2 A fully managed service with 99.999% availability 24x7x365
2.2.3 A maintenance provision for the repair and replacement of DSC modems.

NAVTEX Cloud:
3.2.1 Requirement to provide a cloud hosted NAVTEX transmission and monitoring service to the MCA for NAVTEX transmissions.
3.2.2 The server must be hosted from the UK.
3.2.3 Provide a fully managed service with 99.999% availability for the cloud solution

More information

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About the buyer

Address

Spring Place, 105 Commercial Road
Southampton
SO15 1EG
England

Email

contracts@mcga.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency